Definition: Bone that heals in an area of an extraction or surgery with normal bone trabeculation and no evidence of a previous tooth or surgery.
Radiographic Features:
Location: Any site of previous tooth extraction or surgery of the jaws.
Edge: Continuous bone trabeculae with the surrounding bone.
Shape: Shape of existing alveolar ridge or jaws. May have a slight ‘cupping’ or saucer shape at the crest of the alveolar ridge.
Internal: Radiopaque with bone trabeculae evident.
Other: None.
Number: There is no number evident.
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Normal bone healing
(note no evidence of teeth in the area distal to the premolar)
Normal bone healing
